Seeking Leonardo Da Vinci’s DNA (They Want To Sequence It)

“Anthropologists, art historians, geneticists, genealogists, microbiologists, and other researchers will collaborate on the project to uncover new physical evidence linked to da Vinci. The plan includes studying the microbiomes of da Vinci paintings and tracking the inventor’s descendants, both living and dead. … Researchers will also try to verify da Vinci’s fingerprints and search for them on his works.